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    The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2956, which would require withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq by April 2008. The document states that success in Iraq is critical to national security and the War on Terror. It also argues that the bill would infringe on the President's authority as Commander in Chief by imposing an artificial timeline regardless of commanders' recommendations. The document concludes that decisions on military strategy and troop levels should be based on commanders' judgments, not politicians, and that the President would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

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    The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2956, which would require withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq by April 2008. The document states that success in Iraq is critical to national security and the War on Terror. It also argues that the bill would infringe on the President's authority as Commander in Chief by imposing an artificial timeline regardless of commanders' recommendations. The document concludes that decisions on military strategy and troop levels should be based on commanders' judgments, not politicians, and that the President would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

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    The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 2956, which would require withdrawing U.S. forces from Iraq by April 2008. The document states that success in Iraq is critical to national security and the War on Terror. It also argues that the bill would infringe on the President's authority as Commander in Chief by imposing an artificial timeline regardless of commanders' recommendations. The document concludes that decisions on military strategy and troop levels should be based on commanders' judgments, not politicians, and that the President would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

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    EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

    O F F I C E O F M AN AG E M E N T AN D B U D G E T

    W AS H I N G T O N , D . C . 2 0 5 0 3

    July 12, 2007


    (House)

    STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY

    H.R. 2956 – To require the Secretary of Defense to commence the reduction of the number
    of United States Armed Forces in Iraq to a limited presence by April 1, 2008, and for other
    purposes
    (Rep. Skelton (D) Missouri)

    The Administration strongly opposes House passage of H.R. 2956. Success in Iraq is critical to
    our national security and to victory in the War on Terror. H.R. 2956 would infringe upon the
    constitutional authority of the President as Commander in Chief by imposing an artificial
    timeline to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq, regardless of the recommendations of our
    commanders in combat. Decisions about military strategy, including appropriate troop levels,
    must be based on the recommendations of our commanders in combat. This legislation would
    substitute the judgments of politicians for the considered judgment of our military commanders.
    If H.R. 2956 were presented to the President, he would veto the bill.

    *****

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